Key Features of Seagate Expansion 2.5 inch 500 GB External Hard Disk

Seagate external hard disk drive is tailor-made to add more storage to your computer The 2.5 inch expansion portable drive is compatible with both PCs and Macs.

Build

This Seagate drive is crafted in a suave casing that dons a matte finish look. The portable hard drive weighs 160 g and has dimensions of 80.01 x 17.6 x 141.29 mm that keeps you on the go, letting you carry all the data even while traveling.

Performance and Features

This Seagate external hard drive comes with an impressive storage capacity of 500 GB that has a spin speed of 5400 RPM. The 500 GB expansion drive can store upto 500 hours of digital video, 160,000 numbers of digital photos, digital music of 12,497 hours along with 125 DVD 2-hours movies.

Transfering data in this external hard drive is easy and can be done by a simple drag and drop. This external hard drive has USB 2.0 interface that offers seamless transfer of data. The Plug n Play Seagate expansion external hard disk gets automatically recognized by Windows and requires no additional installation of software. The hard disk drive comes with built-in power management feature that provides for energy efficient operations.

Top reviews

No doubt this a good hard-disk, but mind you, this doesn't have USB 3.0 support. So, if you have a USB 3.0 support in your laptop or desktop, or likely to have in near future, you are missing a great deal here.

USB 3.0 is ten times faster than USB 2.0

Seagate currently (at the time of posting this review) have no hard disk with out-of-box USB 3.0 support. Some Seagate models however work with USB 3.0 with the help of additional attachment (more $$).

You can consider buying Western Digital(WD) Hard Disc Drive(HDD). It has USB 3.0 support, but is priced slightly higher. The WD HDD can be foun…No doubt this a good hard-disk, but mind you, this doesn't have USB 3.0 support. So, if you have a USB 3.0 support in your laptop or desktop, or likely to have in near future, you are missing a great deal here.

USB 3.0 is ten times faster than USB 2.0

Seagate currently (at the time of posting this review) have no hard disk with out-of-box USB 3.0 support. Some Seagate models however work with USB 3.0 with the help of additional attachment (more $$).

You can consider buying Western Digital(WD) Hard Disc Drive(HDD). It has USB 3.0 support, but is priced slightly higher. The WD HDD can be found here:www.flipkart.com/computers/external-hard-disks/itmczbu5ztxfs7eb?affid=setu2kxyah

There are few other USB 3.0 HDD from IOmega and Transcend, but I am not sure of their reliability.

Also note:** USB 3.0 is backward compatible with USB 2.0, meaning USB 3.0 devices will work on USB 2.0 ports(as well as USB 1.0), but USB 3.0 transfer speed can only be attained on USB 3.0 ports.

** And if have bought a desktop or laptop recently, it is very likely to have USB 3.0 ports for your USB devices. (Expand)

This Seagate hard disk is the best on USB 2.0Seagate is the company on whom we can trust.now a days Seagate USB 3.0 HDDs also available, u can choose as per your requirement.USB 3.0 is 10 times faster in data tarnsfer than USB 2.0I'm having 2 seagate HDDs (same models) since 2 years. one is of 500GB and second is of 250GB.Both are working Excellent. Encryption & Decryption can easily be done in these Drives. Very Good Product, no Cons.GO FOR SEAGATE.

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Just Waaooh..........!!

I have just become a fan of it. A real storehouse of my best movies i hv downloaded. A little slow in reading the device & files. Don't be impatient while using it. Handle with care, as power & data transfer are happening parallely. Always eject in Remove safely mode, which will be handy in longitivity of the product.

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Stable - Consistent & Durable

I bought this drive about t years back. And so far has turned out to be very helpful and sturdy. Never crashed, good performance, fast read & write on a PC or a laptop. A bit slow at times, when connected to a TV, but otherwise a real value for money. overall an excellent buy!!

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Not good

Dont buy this product.It was working perfectly for 6mnths aftr that it wasnt being detected on the computer so i had to go to the office and get this replaced.Otherwise hard disk is nice. Make sure you hv d bill with u if they ask at the time of replacement if the same happens wid u !

Bought this product 1.5 years back and its working really well.No problem at all copying speed is also very good.And it represent as inbuilt hard disk not like pen drive as removable disk...!And best part I purchased this product @3000 rupees.

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dissatisfied with the product

although i received the product within 3 dayz but m quite dissatisfied with its performance. its file transfer speed is not like what i expected(slower than other hdd products of 500 gb capacity)and also provide 465gb instead of 500gb.